A single by Ron Cey with the bases loaded in the ninth inning drove in two runs and gave the Dodgers a 7-6 victory over the Reds. Will McEnaney, who has been a disappointment as a Reds' reliever this season, took over in the ninth with a 6-5 lead and drew his sixth defeat against two victories.

Davey Lopes, who had hit a homer earlier in the game, greeted McEnaney's arrival with a single. After Bill Buckner was retired, Reggie Smith doubled, Lopes stopping at third. Rawly Eastwick relieved and, after passing Steve Garvey intentionally, gave up Cey's winning single. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Cincinnati Reds 6
Game Played on Friday, September 24, 1976 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Reds         1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  3  -   6  8  1
Dodgers      0  1  0    2  1  0    0  1  2  -   7 11  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   2   1     1   0   .330      Lopes 2b              5   2   2   1     0   1   .238
Griffey rf            5   0   3   2     0   1   .335      Buckner lf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .306
Concepcion ss         5   1   0   1     0   1   .282      Smith rf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .253
Foster cf,lf          4   0   1   1     0   1   .314      Garvey 1b             3   2   2   0     2   0   .315
Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Cey 3b                3   1   1   2     2   0   .282
Bailey lf             3   1   0   0     1   1   .292      Russell ss            4   0   2   2     0   0   .278
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Burke cf              2   1   0   1     0   0   .345
  Eastwick p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pasley c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Flynn 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .284        Hale ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .156
  Driessen ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .252        Rodriguez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Youngblood 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .204      John p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .109
Werner c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Goodson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .225
  Lum ph              0   0   0   0     1   0   .221        Hough p             1   0   1   1     0   0   .286
  Plummer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Bench ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Norman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Armbrister ph       0   1   0   0     1   0   .284
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Morgan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .327
  Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Geronimo ph,cf      1   1   1   1     0   0   .311

Totals               34   6   8   6     5   8             Totals               33   7  11   7     6   2

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 28,386
Left on Base: Reds 6, Dodgers 9
DP: Reds 1, Dodgers 1
Errors: Rose
Doubles: Foster (20), Garvey (37), Buckner (27), Russell (17), Smith (14)
Home Runs: Lopes (3)
Stolen Bases: Russell (14), Burke (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Burke (1)
GIDP: Foster (11), John (4)
Hit by Pitch: Burke (1,by Norman)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  5     6   4   4   3   2   1  23   2.93
Borbon                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.31
Sarmiento               2     1   1   0   1   0   0   8   2.27
McEnaney L(2-6)         0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   4.79
Eastwick                0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.11
Totals                  8.1  11   7   6   6   2   1  41

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    6     3   3   3   2   5   0  22   3.09
Hough W(12-8)           3     5   3   3   3   3   0  17   2.34
Totals                  9     8   6   6   5   8   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Norman (3)
Wild Pitches: Norman (6), Hough (9)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Griffey struck out; Concepcion
forced Rose (third to second); Foster doubled to left
[Concepcion scored]; Perez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes struck out; Buckner grounded out (pitcher to
first); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 0.

REDS 2ND: Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn flied
out to left; Werner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey doubled to left; Cey walked; Russell flied
out to center [Garvey to third]; Burke grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Garvey scored, Cey to second]; Pasley popped to
second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

REDS 3RD: Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 3RD: John lined to shortstop; Lopes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buckner doubled to right; Smith struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster
grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Garvey walked; Cey walked [Garvey to second];
Russell doubled to left [Garvey scored, Cey scored]; Russell
stole third; Burke was hit by a pitch; Pasley popped to second;
John grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Burke out at second]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 3.

REDS 5TH: Bailey struck out; Flynn was called out on strikes;
Werner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes homered; Buckner flied out to left; Smith
singled to left; Norman threw a wild pitch [Smith to second];
Smith was out trying to advance to third (catcher to third);
Garvey singled to center; Cey popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Dodgers 4.

REDS 6TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR NORMAN; Armbrister walked; Rose
walked [Armbrister to second]; Griffey singled to left
[Armbrister scored, Rose to third]; Concepcion forced Griffey
(shortstop to second) [Rose scored, Concepcion to first]; Foster
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Concepcion out at second]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 6TH: BORBON REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Russell
singled to center; Burke out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Russell to second]; Pasley popped to first; GOODSON
BATTED FOR JOHN; Goodson was walked intentionally; Lopes forced
Goodson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Dodgers 4.

REDS 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Perez struck out;
Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); Flynn singled to
center; LUM BATTED FOR WERNER; Lum walked [Flynn to second];
MORGAN BATTED FOR BORBON; Morgan forced Lum (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 7TH: PLUMMER REPLACED LUM (PLAYING C ); SARMIENTO
REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Buckner flied out to left; Smith
popped to shortstop; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 4.

REDS 8TH: Rose flied out to left; Griffey singled to third;
Hough threw a wild pitch [Griffey to second]; Concepcion struck
out (catcher to first); Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 3, Dodgers 4.

DODGERS 8TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Russell grounded
out (third to first); Burke reached on an error by Rose [Burke
to first]; HALE BATTED FOR PASLEY; Burke stole second; Hale was
walked intentionally; Hough singled to right [Burke scored
(unearned), Hale to third, Hough out at second (right to catcher
to shortstop)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Dodgers 5.

REDS 9TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED HALE (PLAYING C ); Perez grounded
out (second to first); Bailey walked; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR FLYNN;
Driessen walked [Bailey to second]; BENCH BATTED FOR PLUMMER;
Bench popped to first in foul territory; GERONIMO BATTED FOR
SARMIENTO; Geronimo singled to right [Bailey scored, Driessen to
third]; Rose singled to right [Driessen scored, Geronimo to
third]; Griffey singled to center [Geronimo scored, Rose to
third]; Concepcion flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 6, Dodgers 5.

DODGERS 9TH: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MCENANEY
REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED DRIESSEN
(PLAYING 2B); BENCH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GERONIMO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Lopes singled to center; Buckner lined to
left; Smith doubled to center [Lopes to third]; EASTWICK
REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Garvey was walked intentionally;
Cey singled to right [Lopes scored, Smith scored, Garvey to
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Dodgers 7.